Glenn Irwin bounced back from his race two crash to celebrate victory in the final Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Knockhill, holding off his teammate Tommy Bridewell by 0.879s to celebrate a second win in Scotland.
Jason O'Halloran was the race leader on the opening lap as he launched off the line ahead of Christian Iddon and the BeerMonster Ducatis of Bridewell and Irwin.
The Oxford Products Racing Ducati rider wasted no time in trying to capture the lead and moved ahead of O’Halloran on the brakes into the Hairpin on the opening lap, but his McAMS Yamaha rival instantly fought back and regained the position before the start line.
It was disaster for O’Halloran though as he crashed his McAMS Yamaha out of the lead a lap later. Meanwhile Bridewell had moved into second and with the Australian out of contention, the BeerMonster Ducati rider was then leading the pack.
Kyle Ryde had been working his way up the order and he was second by the third lap ahead of Iddon and Irwin.
Irwin though was determined to bounce back from his race two crash and he was into second by the tenth lap with a move on Ryde into turn one.
The leading group then became Bridewell, Irwin Ryde, Iddon and Ryan Vickers, but the BeerMonster Ducatis broke the pack in the closing stages. Irwin then grabbed the lead from Bridewell on lap 18 with another move on the brakes into turn one before holding him off until the chequered flag with the pair separated by 0.879s at the finish.
Iddon had been holding third place as he fought for his first podium finish of the season but he overshot the Hairpin with ten laps to go and was forced to go into the gravel and re-join the race in tenth. He was able to get the better of Dean Harrison in the closing stages but he had to settle for ninth place.
Vickers meanwhile had been shadowing his LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha teammate and he hit third with a move at the Hairpin on lap 20 before holding off the race two winner to claim his second podium finish of the season.
Lee Jackson was fifth as he battled with Leon Haslam ahead of Tom Neave who scored his season best result for Honda Racing UK after keeping Josh Brookes at bay on the leading FHO Racing BMW Motorrad.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, Race 3 result:
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati)
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.879s
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +3.137s
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +7.483s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +9.675s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +9.854s
- Tom Neave (Honda Racing UK) +11.396s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +11.868s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +17.964s
- Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki) +21.255s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 163
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 155
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 152
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 136
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 136
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 98
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 97
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 85
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 78
- Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) 61
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